Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. | Photo: Garry Knight / Flickr
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said he’ll back a second referendum on Brexit, if party members vote in favor of it.
The UK opposition leader said he prefers a general election, but will side with how the Labour Party members vote at an ongoing conference this week in Liverpool.
Prime Minister Theresa May recently tried to argue a deal for the UK with the European Union, but failed. European leaders rejected her Brexit plan at a Summit meeting in Salzburg, Austria this weekend.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has written a letter to the LGBTI community | Photo: Instagram
Jeremy Corbyn responded to the recent developments on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning (23 September).
He said: ‘We could well be looking towards a general election.’
Marr states 87% of Labour Party members want a second referendum (also known as a People’s Vote) on Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn responded: ‘We’re having a debate at our conference and we’ll come to a conclusion on that.
‘Lets see what comes out of the conference and then obviously I’m bound by the democracy of our party,’ he added.
Deputy Labour Leader Tom Watson also recently said: ‘If the people’s party decide they want the people to have a final say on the deal, we have to respect the view of our members and we will go out and argue for it.’
More calls for a People’s Vote
Britain voted on Brexit on 26 June 2016. 51.9% voted leave, while 48.1 person voted to remain.
But now there are growing calls for a second referendum on Brexit, with gay Conservative MP Justine Greening adding her voice to the mix.
Justine Greening, Conservative MP for Putney, is one of the more high-profile LGBTI MPs in the UK Parliament. | Photo: Facebook
The Tory MP, who came out in 2016, says she wants to take Brexit back to the people.
‘Britain needs to find a route forward,’ she said. ‘We’ll be dragging Remain voters out of the EU for a deal that means still complying with many EU rules, but now with no say on shaping them.’
She added: ‘Whatever the proposal on the table, there will be MPs who vote it down.’
Reports also emerged today of Theresa May’s aides planning a ‘snap election’.
The UK could have to go back to the voting booths as early as November this year, so Theresa May can try to swing more power in Parliament.
Gay Star News’s exclusive Brexit report has found LGBTI people will be left vulnerable.
The EU locks the UK into protecting people on the basis of sexuality and gender identity. It provides gay, bi and trans people with a legal route to appeal if the UK doesn’t treat them fairly.
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New report finds ‘significant problems’ in police addressing hate crime in the UK
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